Process adaptation and assessment of market development constraints for protein products from cold-press, GM canola meal
Term: 4 years, beginning in 2019
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Janitha Wanasundara, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
SaskCanola Investment: $127,050
Total Project Cost: $394,425
Funding Partners: Agriculture Development Fund
Project Description
This project identifies gaps in technology development for cold-press canola meal for protein production. It also identifies exact applications or markets that can be targeted based on functional and nutritional attributes. This includes an assessment of consumer perceptions of canola protein and GM-canola to position products in the market. This project also develops viable business easels, including techno economic evaluation, in order to exploit commercial opportunities for cold-press canola meal for protein production. This includes modeling of logistics to facilitate the development of a rural-based cold-press canola protein processing plant. In turn, these developments would revitalize the rural sector through diversification of farm income and new rural employment, and contribute to the canola industry's ability to capture value in the emerging global plant protein market.
Objectives
To modify AAFC Brassica protein fractionation process to use cold-press canola meal.
To access solid-state fermentation as a pre-treatment for cold-press and prepress-solvent extracted canola meals to improve protein.
To evaluate canola meal protein fractions in application based on functional attributes.
Access consumer acceptance and market penetrations constraints of GM-canola based.
Techno-economic analysis of cold-press canola operation in combination with canola.